New Travel Process for International Students, Scholars and Dependents
ISSS has a new process to report international travel and request a travel signature on your Form I-20 or DS-2019. International students, scholars and dependents need a valid travel signature on their immigration document any time they enter the United States after a trip abroad. The signature is given on the travel endorsement section of your document. Once issued, the travel signature is valid for 12 months, or for 6 months if you are an F-1 student on post-completion OPT.
- Online Travel Information Record
All international students and visiting scholars who will travel outside the United States should complete the online Travel Information record. This form, along with full travel signature guidelines, can be accessed on our travel webpage.
International students log in to the ISSS portal through the link using their Net ID and password. International scholars (visitors for research or teaching, including student researchers) login in to the ISSS portal using your email address and a password that you set. If you are a visiting scholar and do not yet have login credentials, please email international@uconn.edu.
- J-1 Visa Medical Insurance Confirmation Record
If you are on a J-1 visa, you must also make sure that you have an up to date Medical Insurance Confirmation record submitted through the ISSS Portal. If you already submitted this record, you may view your form by visiting isssportal.uconn.edu and viewing your submitted applications on your User Home Page. If you have not yet submitted the Medical Insurance Confirmation record, please do so here.
- Bring your most recent I-20 or DS-2019 and other required support documents to ISSS.
Enrolled students with F and J visas need to bring the Full Time Enrollment Verification from the Registrar showing all semesters you have been enrolled at UConn.
Visiting scholars who will travel for academic purposes need to bring the J-1 Scholar Out of Country Request Form.
Once all documents are submitted, processing can take around one week. Or, visit ISSS Storrs during Walk-In Travel signature week to receive your travel signature on the spot.
Contact ISSS with further questions.